 | | From: | AJW | | Subject: | Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | 14 Jan 2005 10:34:33 GMT |
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 | This link is being offered over in the rec.aviation.piloting. It shows a laser
scanning across the cockpit of a jet.
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/terror/main666290.shtml
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My question is, is it a real photo? It shows the laser scanning a line across
the cockpit window and continuing on above the airplane. Do these lasers scan
as a line or as a point? Is the photo bogus or doctored? Its link is from CBS,
so one has reason to wonder, I suppose.
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| | From: | rrllff at yahoo.com | | Subject: | Re: Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | 14 Jan 2005 06:08:46 -0800 |
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| Don't believe everything (or anything) you see or hear from the news
media. This photograph is obviously fake. It's not even a good fake.
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| | From: | Skywise | | Subject: | Re: Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:18:43 -0000 |
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| ajw27703@wmconnect.comremove (AJW) wrote in
news:20050114053433.21924.00000003@mb-m05.wmconnect.com:
> This link is being offered over in the rec.aviation.piloting. It shows a
> laser scanning across the cockpit of a jet.
>
>> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/terror/main666290.shtml
>>
>
> My question is, is it a real photo? It shows the laser scanning a line
> across the cockpit window and continuing on above the airplane. Do these
> lasers scan as a line or as a point? Is the photo bogus or doctored? Its
> link is from CBS, so one has reason to wonder, I suppose.
As others have noted, it's a fake.
This was probably done by takeing two images, one of the airplane, and
another of green laser. The laser image was then layered over the plane
in a program like Photoshop using a blend mode.
I think it's meant as just an icon for the story. Just like the icons
on the evening news video composited over the shoulder of the talking
head. They're not meant to represent reality.
Brian
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| | From: | Jeff Lowe | | Subject: | Re: Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:24:29 GMT |
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| AJW wrote:
> This link is being offered over in the rec.aviation.piloting. It shows a laser
> scanning across the cockpit of a jet.
>
>
>>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/terror/main666290.shtml
>>
>
>
> My question is, is it a real photo? It shows the laser scanning a line across
> the cockpit window and continuing on above the airplane. Do these lasers scan
> as a line or as a point? Is the photo bogus or doctored? Its link is from CBS,
> so one has reason to wonder, I suppose.
I'd say it's completely bogus. It shows the beam wrapping around the
fuselage.
--
jeff
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| | From: | redbelly | | Subject: | Re: Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | 14 Jan 2005 06:10:22 -0800 |
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| It's clearly and obviously fake, no question about it.
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| | From: | Sam Goldwasser | | Subject: | Re: Lasers and airplanes | | Date: | 14 Jan 2005 08:46:53 -0500 |
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| ajw27703@wmconnect.comremove (AJW) writes:
> This link is being offered over in the rec.aviation.piloting. It shows a laser
> scanning across the cockpit of a jet.
>
> > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/terror/main666290.shtml
> >
>
> My question is, is it a real photo? It shows the laser scanning a line across
> the cockpit window and continuing on above the airplane. Do these lasers scan
> as a line or as a point? Is the photo bogus or doctored? Its link is from CBS,
> so one has reason to wonder, I suppose.
Poor artist's rendition.
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